In the New Age
In the new age
When automation robs the need for work
We must devise a new way of operating.
No more the long, sapping hours
For we must create something better.
There will be no need for workers
Or their skills
When machines can do the toil
And mimic the skills
As finely as the most exquisite artisan.
It will be a time to share –
A time of great creativity.
For surely it is not right
That a minority
Should glean
The rewards
While the majority
Languish.
We must learn to share the spoils more evenly
To reduce the load
So that none will be left behind.
For it is time for a new future –
To identify the needs
To teach, to care, to heal and provide
So that none are left behind.
Not this time.
This is the time.
We should all have the time.
Opher 1.2.2017
In the New Age
If only we could get it right for once. If only we could stop all the selfishness, greed, hatred and arrogance and learn to care, love and look after each other and the world.
If only the world was not ruled by arrogance, fear and ego.
If we could put aside the lust for power and wealth and treat everyone as equals; if only we looked after the planet.
Imagine what the world would be like if everyone bought into that ideal. No war, no theft, no racism, sexism or inequality. No need for police, security at airports or armies. All that money and energy used to create a better world, to solve poverty and overpopulation and protect the natural world.
OK – we can but dream.